UNITED STATES EX REL. MERNEIGH v. GREER

No. 83-1954.

772 F.2d 322 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Joseph MERNEIGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James GREER, Warden of Menard Correctional Center, and Michael Lane, Director of Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gabrielle L. Sigel, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Jack Donatelli, Deputy Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before WOOD and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Joseph Merneigh appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that his constitutional rights were violated at his trial in state court on charges of rape and deviate sexual assault when (1) the prosecutor used his silence at prior court-ordered fitness examinations in order to rebut his insanity defense, and (2) the court midway through trial ordered...

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